> It’s been just over a month since the US Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the fallout has been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.

To help make sense of the Supreme Court’s decision, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it, I’d like to invite you to join our timely online discussion on Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT with Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman and Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy. You can register for the discussion here.

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Join Mother Jones’ Supreme Court reporter Pema Levy and national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman for a discussion about the Supreme Court’s decision to gut the Voting Rights Act, the fallout from it, and what people are doing to counter it. It’s been just over a month since the Supreme Court gutted what remained of the Voting Rights Act, and the repercussions have been staggering. Southern states have moved with alarming speed to redraw their congressional maps in time for the 2026 midterm election and in the process moved to eliminate majority-Black and Democratic districts in Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama. The discussion will be moderated by Monika Bauerlein, CEO of the Center for Investigative Reporting, which produces Mother Jones. Participants are welcome to submit written questions in advance to [email protected] or during the June 9 webinar. The discussion will run for 60 minutes, and we hope you can join us.

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> The Supreme Court wanted to hide behind this lower court panel and let them make way for a discriminatory map to take effect. But on Tuesday, one Southern court said they would have no part of this nakedly partisan project, writing, “We cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination.”

-- Pema Levy, MOTHER JONES, May 26, 2026

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"👉How Much More Radical Could the Supreme Court Become? Look to the Fifth Circuit.
Meet the power-grabbing Trump judges who are forging MAGA justice.👈

by #PemaLevy

"...This is neither the outer bounds of what this radical court will do, nor the end of its impact on all Americans. It is the beginning...

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals—transformed by appointees of former President Donald #Trump—has...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/fifth-circuit-donald-trump-james-ho-andrew-oldham/?utm_source=press.coop

How much more radical could the Supreme Court become? Look to the Fifth Circuit.

Meet the power-grabbing Trump judges who are forging MAGA justice.

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